---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 11, 18, 19, AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEFINITIONS."
description: "This bill makes the definitions of sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability consistent throughout the Delaware Code and with federal law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/de"
legislature: "Delaware General Assembly"
session: "151"
identifier: "HB 224"
citation: "Delaware HB 224 (151)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kendra Johnson", "Kyle Evans Gay"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 7
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-06-03"
last_action: "2021-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa91ce37-ecc0-4c30-baca-dcbf6b53af0f"
source_url: "https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=78811"
source_hash: "9849fe469c86d68a4aa3779bcb9100d9272caf2e726b1cf11cdf7176d108cef5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-de"]
---

# Delaware HB 224 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLES 6, 11, 18, 19, AND 25 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO DEFINITIONS.

This bill makes the definitions of sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability consistent throughout the Delaware Code and with federal law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://legis.delaware.gov/json/BillDetail/GenerateHtmlDocument?legislationId=78811&legislationTypeId=1&docTypeId=2&legislationName=HB224)

## Votes

- SM — **31–10** (pass) · lower
- SM — **15–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kendra Johnson — primary (person)
- Kyle Evans Gay — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-06-03** Introduced and Assigned to Administration Committee in House `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** Reported Out of Committee (Administration) in House with 3 Favorable, 2 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Passed By House. Votes: 31 YES 10 NO `passage`
- **2021-06-17** Assigned to Executive Committee in Senate `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-23** Reported Out of Committee (Executive) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 3 On Its Merits `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-23** Passed By Senate. Votes: 15 YES 6 NO `passage`
- **2021-09-17** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa91ce37-ecc0-4c30-baca-dcbf6b53af0f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).